WhatsApp has a thing for privacy. The contents of the messages you send to other users on the chat platform are encrypted end-to-end, meaning they can't be read by anyone who intercepts them—even WhatsApp. However, they do know things about you and your messages that aren't directly related to the specific words you typed, and they're going to let Facebook in on that data.

For the paranoid, there's already some tech out there that will allow you to completely shut off your phone from the outside world and go off the grid, but you're going to have to go back on eventually—otherwise why do you have a phone, you maniac? That's why Edward Snowden is working on a phone case that will warn you if your phone is colluding with the enemy/the government/anyone.

In an update released today for the iOS version of Pokémon Go, Niantic has changed the permissions requests, and the game now only asks to view your basic data and your e-mail address.

If you want your family to be able to unlock your iPhone when you die, you should probably tell someone the password now, because Apple probably won't.

Apple's ongoing dispute with the FBI over whether to develop a key that would allow free reign on guessing a locked iPhone password has inspired some compelling arguments from both sides. Here's another point in Apple's favor: encryption keeps LGBTQIA communities safe all over the world.

Geographic profiling is generally used in criminal investigations. However, a group of researchers at Queen Mary University of London have used this type of profiling to identify the world's most mysterious artist.

In the video, the man keeps trying to avoid her, first denying his actions and then proclaiming "Why do you think I would need your permission?" She exclaims "Oh, am I making you uncomfortable? You don't like being filmed without your permission? Because that's what you were doing" and even points out his wedding ring.

Back in 1983, Vanessa Williams - whom you know from all over film and television - was the first black woman to be crowned Miss America. However, she was pressured to give up her title and ultimately resigned her crown with six weeks left on her reign due to a nude photo "scandal" that was completely out of her control. The Miss America organization has finally apologized for that.

Impact Team hacked Ashley Madison in order to protest unethical business practices, and now may have released 10GB of information - the personal information of over 36 million users worldwide - onto the Dark Net.

Kristen Stewart has made a habit of flipping the bird to tabloid reporters ever since she first began to hit the big time; it's no secret that she prefers her privacy, and that she'd rather avoid public scrutiny altogether. So it should come as no surprise that she has delayed responding to the long-standing rumors about her sexuality for as long as possible, but in a recent Nylon interview, she finally offered a flippant answer: "Google me. I'm not hiding."

You know what they say - with every new advance comes a whole new set of problems. Thanks, cell phones/smartphones! In Ohio recently, the federal appeals court ruled that if you butt dial someone, and the party you accidentally called eavesdrops on a conversation you're having, that isn't an infringement of your privacy, since you placed the call.

For those of you who thought you'd never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Reddit, the site is taking baby steps in a better direction: an update to their privacy policy bans the sharing of nude or sexually explicit images without the subject's consent.

It's 2015! Hoverboards? Flying cars? No, but we've got telescreens. Yay?

Short version: not much, but it still really sucks. I mean, did Jennifer Lawrence's heartfelt words about violating personal property teach the Internet nothing?

Death panels? Not real. But Facebook reminding you that it's been two years since you got a basic physical? ...Maybe?

In case you had somehow managed to still feel secure with your digital personal data in light of recent security breaches, the Global Privacy Enforcement Network has released a report stating that 85% of apps don't disclose how they use your data and 1 in 3 ask for an excessive access to personal information. So, you know, sleep tight; don't let the crippling anxiety of absolutely no control over your personal privacy in the modern world bite.

Email is one of the least secure ways to communicate, but it's also one of the most common. With the recent revelations that the NSA is spying on everyone security has become a bigger priority in people's lives, and businesses are looking to cash in. Yahoo! just announced they're joining Google and Microsoft in efforts to encrypt their email service.